He places in connection with the group of tuberculinics certain conditions which, by a few modern authors, would be considered prodromes of tuberculosis, a classification which suggests the similarity between tuberculinics and the pre-tuberculous or good subjects for tuberculosis.

According to Vannier, tuberculinics present themselves under various aspects; 1st the febrile (febrile without apparent reason); 2nd persons subject to colds (persons who have cold after cold, and coryza after coryza during the winter); 3rd dental patients (persons predisposed to tuberculous, said he, seem to make a rendezvous of the dentist’s chair); 4th constipated persons; 5th cardiac patients (especially functional heart disease).

All these types of intoxicated persons are benefited by one or more doses of the diluted serum of Marmorek (l’Homœopathie française, May, 1912). Vannier passes then to the truly tuberculous. The serum of Marmorek, being essentially an antitoxic serum, suits the pulmonary tuberculous, who, notwithstanding the gravity or extent of their lesion, have poor resistance.

Vannier has always observed a rapid improvement in the general condition, and a progressive increase in the weight of those under the influence of the diluted serum; but he has remarked that on the first, and especially on the second day following the absorption of the serum, there appeared pains in the apex of the lungs, an obstinate cough, and a state of unaccountable fatigue. Then there is a return to normal conditions.

This series of transient aggravations prepares the way for a progressive improvement. Everything continues as if there existed a truly negative period, similar to that caused by the vaccines, this negative period being followed by a positive condition much more prolonged, and in the latter the cure is completed….

Two cases of peritoneal tuberculosis have been successfully treated with the serum, one by Vannier, the other by Charles Mondain…. The tuberculin of Denys’ in high dilution is also used by Antoine Nebel, Vannier, Chiron, and others. From The Nosodes by Henry Clay Allen.

In 1924, he opened several homeopathic clinics in Paris, then in 1927 became the founding President of the Society for Homeotherapy in France, and a homeopathic clinic founded in 1931 which still exists today.

He moved to Paris in 1905 as a homeopathic physician and, in January 1912, founded a magazine L’Homéopathie française which is now known today as L’Homéopathie européenne.

With his friends, Charles Mondain and Chiron, he opened a homeopathic dispensary on boulevard Montparnasse which remained in business until 1914. He founded the Dispensaire Hahnemann in Paris on his own, in 1930; it is still in business today. He later founded a school: Le Centre Homéopathique de France. Because he was concerned about prescribing reliable, standardized medicines, he supported the creation in 1926 of the first homeopathic laboratory, Les Laboratoires Homéopathiques de France. He is the author of numerous works and publications.

His life was dedicated to homeopathy and to: “Publicize homeopathy in the light of the modern knowledge of medicine, and the fight against not only the opposition in official circles, but also against the belief that homeopathy is not Orthodox.” Vannier has been highly successful in his endeavours.

In 1905 already, he began his publications and on the treatment of certain diseases by homeopathy. In 1912, he created the Homoeopathie magazine. He entered into all areas of medicine, surgery, ophthalmology, gynecology, obstetrics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychiatry.

In 1924, he clearly established the doctrine of homeopathy, describing the constitutions and temperaments, he established his iris scanning diagnostic method so dear to him.

In 1925 he published Studies and Publications State Hydrogénoïdes, Tuberculins and their treatment, illustrated by photographs of the iris. In 1926, he published typological study with details of homeopathic constitutions. He studied and published reports he called precancerous Cancériniques.

Throughout his life, Vannier gave numerous lectures to the scientific community….. In 1932, he wrote the Diagnosis of Eye Diseases and Summary of iris scanning, and Précis de Matière Médicale Homoeopathique with Jean Poirier.

In 1926 he was the promoter of the creation of laboratories Homoeopathiques France, which are now the property of Laboratoires Boiron. The Homeopathic Laboratories SA of France was created in 1926 by grateful patients. The company’s operations cover the manufacture and wholesale of homeopathic products, the study and adoption of new processes, to obtain a more rational and scientific the preparation of these products.

Vannier became the founding President of the Society Homoeothérapie to France in 1927. In 1932 he founded the Homeopathic Center of France in the rue Murillo. One hundred sixty five students registered there in 1932. At the moment the Center Homoeopathique de France continues scientific research into homeopathy and has a continuing influence throughout the world. Vannier created a homeopathic Library.

Those who knew him well could only admire his scientific spirit, and his qualities of integrity, probity and charity. Vannier had an outside edge that hid a sensitive soul, quick to kindness and always willing to give generously fair and accurate advice to any who requires this.

And here, let me reproduce what he wrote in a column of French Homoeopathie, where his desire for reconciliation is expressed explicitly: “After a frank exchange of explanations and fair, a union must establish sincere, coordinating all the efforts to finally ensure the future of homeopathy”.

One can only hope that this effort he has supported all his life is finally successful. We keep the memory of a light of science whose brightness does not tarnish. A good and generous man who gave the best of his existence for the good health of humanity.

In preparation at the time of his death, Robert Dufilho who was his student and his friend told me that Leon Vannier preparing two books, one of them named Les remèdes chroniques en homéopathie. After his death, his parents, his friends, his students published an overview of what was the life of Leon Vannier.

5 thoughts on “Leon Vannier 1880 – 1963”

Reading your good biographic article on the top & remarkable french doctor Leon Vannier there is lack of information regarding his studies made on the cancerinic miasma despite his better knowed tuberculinic one medical research.

I suppose & suggest should be very useful a further overview on this good article in way to provide homeopaths of nowadays with better biographic data on Leon Vannier,MD, and his late brazilian assistent Dr Lea de Mattos,MD, who emigrated to Paris upon his invitation and became a top gynecologist and renowed homeopathician practicing in Paris her profession and wrote several remarkables books on Homeopathy like the Eugenism and Homeopathie etc..

There is a lot of research happening now into our homeopathic ancestors – and as I only speak English, I am now concentrating only on English homeopaths.

I have sent your comments through to a Spanish/French speaking colleague who is working on these histories, and I encourage you to begin collecting and recording South American histories, as I agree, homeopaths everywhere really do need to have this information, which has lain far too long unwritten.

Look for your real and friendly concern in addition to my previous comments on Dr Leon Vannier(MD) good & brief biography data published recently in your remarkable website on Homeopathy in UK.

I will appreciate your kind attention regarding mentioning next time when review it with additional biographic data includes note about Dr.Vannier medical works on Homeopathic Typology with basis on Medical Astrology issued on his medical handbook with french title Typologie Homeopathique and recently published into english edition with title Homeopathic Typology(Ed.Similia-Paris-France) and on sale at Boiron Lab website (USA).

My name is Brian Barnett-I am a retired dental surgeon from the UK now living in the US. I used Homeopathic remedies in my practice and the homeopathic hospital referred patients. My reason for writing is that my doctor( and grandfather figure and later patient) in London was Dr. Pierre Pigache. He told me that he was a student of Dr Vannier after WW1.He was originally from Belgium and, I believe the name means ‘tracker of pigs.’ He saved my father life when I was a baby-I might never have known him. He also treated my mother and myself for decades until his passing. As I write I can clearly see his consulting room with the beautiful profile of Jesus above the mantle. He once explained his use of a pendulum to choose between two remedies. (I treat a few patients and use one also). I have been practicing ‘Heartfullness’ meditation for some years now. It is a modern form of Raja Yoga. There are things called ‘Samskaras’ which are described as blemishes on the soul which need to be cleaned. Also, I recently learned that Homeopathy can clear these samskaras(which are a major cause of disease). The energy can go so deep. And, strangely, samskaras can block the working of homeopathic remedies. I have experienced both with the clearing of lifelong asthma some months after starting meditating-the most well chosen remedies never fully cleared it. Homeopathy truly is a Human medicine. Thank you, Brian Barnett.